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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

2019 Ballon d'Or Award - Lionel Messi Wins 6th Ballon d;Or Award Monday Dec 02,2019

Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d'Or award in Paris on Monday. Messi added the 2019 award to his collection alongside the Ballon d'Or awards from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015.


Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was second in the polling this year, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who shared the record of five Ballon d'Ors with Messi until Monday.

Messi won with 686 points and Van Dijk in second, got 679 points.

So the Barcelona and Argentina star clinched the Ballon d'Or by just seven points.

A total of 176 international journalists voted for the 2019 Ballon d'Or, with journalists from Europe and Asia voting for van Dijk, while journalists from Africa, Oceania as well as North and South America voted for Messi

If van Dijk had won, the dutch would have succeeded Fabio Cannavaro as the first defender to have won the Ballon d'Or since 2006

In fact, Messi's total of 686 was less than last year's winner Luka Modric, who had won it with 753 points.

2019 Ballon d'Or Points
 
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 686
2. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 679
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - 476
4. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - 347
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 178
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 89
7. Alisson (Liverpool) - 67
8. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 44
9. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) - 41
10. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) - 33


About Ballon d'Or

The Ballon d'Or has been awarded by France Football every year since 1956, with England's Stanley Matthews the first winner.

It was only for European players until 1995, when it expanded to become open for any player at a European club. From 2007 it opened up to the rest of the world.

The 30-man list of nominees is compiled by the editorial staff of the French magazine, with the winner voted for by journalists from around the world, with one representative per nation.

From 2010 to 2015 it merged with Fifa's awards, but they split and the world governing body set up its own awards again in 2016.
 
 
Ballon d'Or: Ronaldo & Messi dominate since 2008

WinnerRunner-upThird place
2007KakaCristiano RonaldoLionel Messi
2008Cristiano RonaldoLionel MessiFernando Torres
2009Lionel MessiCristiano RonaldoXavi
2010Lionel MessiAndres IniestaXavi
2011Lionel MessiCristiano RonaldoXavi
2012Lionel MessiCristiano RonaldoAndres Iniesta
2013Cristiano RonaldoLionel MessiFranck Ribery
2014Cristiano RonaldoLionel MessiManuel Neuer
2015Lionel MessiCristiano RonaldoNeymar
2016Cristiano RonaldoLionel MessiAntoine Griezmann
2017Cristiano RonaldoLionel MessiNeymar
2018Luka ModricCristiano RonaldoAntoine Griezmann
2019Lionel MessiVirgil van DijkCristiano Ronaldo



Lionel Messi's major trophy haul
TrophyYears
La Liga (10)2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19
Copa del Rey (6)2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Champions League (4)2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15
Ballon d'Or (6)2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019

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